Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-16
DAILY HERALD.


Ayoub Khan has as many lives as
Imam Digma. He adds to Osman's
virtues the power, it seems, of being
= half-dozen places at once. All
3ocent accounts concur in locating
3xyoub in Afghanistan, or in easy
<|1och Of it. As for the Ameer, he Is
I'd now to be in excellent health and
wearing to establish himself in Can
n6Ar, where he will be nearer Doth
- tho rebels in Herat and the bri'isii
~ Quetta.
Il was in one of Boston's French
|racfaurants the other evening. A
>rn1np man who had just returned
Enm abroad, where he had evidently
\ 5sen s great deal and learned very
{I1f,e. was entertaining two friends at
iinner. He had picked up smatter-
+ ~ Of French on the boulevards, and,
L r course, delighted to air it now. He
<knd heard some Frenchman order
ssfroie cafe cognac," and had noticed
Nat, in response to this, coffee and
I handy had been forthcoming. Hav-
Z jnQ reached this stage of the dinner,
Is improved his opportunity. Gar
-. q he called loudly. "trois cafe
eoQnsc''-and then to complete his
srder, in English-"for three"
Tho Sultan of Morocco is Cor was)
much married; to the extent Of some
I60O wives. His chief instrument for
maintaining domestic discipline is Cor
was) bicycle. This machine was
presented to him by a French manu-
1acturer. Of course His Majesty never
would learn to ride himself. But he
had q circular track laid out in his
courtyard, and whenever any of his
wives were guilty of misdemeanors he
made them 60 out there and ride the
wheel. The least offender had to
4 keep ct it till she had fallen off five
times, while the worst culprits had
twenty-five falls to make. Meantime
His Majesty would stand by and watch
them with goulish glee.
Kaiser Wilhelm recently sent tele-
graphic dispatch to nonagenarian
lawyer, Herr Massman, of Rostock,
ooneratulating him on his ninetieth
birthday and ION his successful efforts
% compete with himself in age" and
expressing q hope that "God may
oontinue for long time to encourage
this zeal by granting Massman salts
factory vigor both Of mind and body"
This colleague in age Of his Majesty
has been in the habit for some years
u residing in Gastein at the same
time Is the Kaiser, and has been fire.
quently singled out by his sovereign
for Q few gracious words, in which he
was congratulated on his energy and
vigor.
The wife of General Crook, the In
dian fighter, is regarded as a public
benefactor by the people of Arizona.
i came about in this way: She was
travelling across the Territory by rail
several years ago. Her lunches had
been provided by city caterer, and
the most striking feature Of them was
tho abundance of watercresses. There
wore altogether too many crosses to
suit Mrs. Crooks taste, and accord
ingly she threw them out of the win
dow. But she did not dispose of
them haphazard. The country is
crossed by innumerable brooks, and
it was only in passing them that Mrs.
Crook threw out the superfuous
crosses. They took root on the spots
whore they fell and multiplied with
marvellous rapidity. The result is
that to-day this delicate appetizer is
10 be found in almost all parts of the
Territory, where before Mrs. Crooks
chance sowing it was entirely I'M